Improvement in cigar-trimmers



A. CRAM ER.

Cigar-Trimmers.

Patented .lune 24,1873.

UNITED STATES ANTHONY ORAMER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFAND FRANK HUETTEMANN, OF SAME PLACE. v

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-TRINIVIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

140.117, dated June 24, 1873; application tiled April 8, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY GRAMER, of Detroit, in the county of Wayneand State ot' Michigan, have invented anew and useful Improvement inCigar-Cutters; and I do declare that the following is a true andaccurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of struct the blades that while thecutting-edge is straight it will sever the cigar with a drawing eut. Theinvention consists in the peculiar construction of the blade, and itsarrangement with the relation to the standard and stops, and in thesliding spring-gage, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing, A represents the bed-plate, having a longitudinalsemi-cylindrical groove to receive the cigar-bunch. B is an end plate,preferably of cast met-al, secured to one end of the wooden bed-plate,and is provided with a hook shapedcavity, which forms a contractedcontinuation of the groove in the bed-plate.

O is a knife, angular in outline, with a straight cutting-edge at a, andis pivoted at its heel by a screw, b, to the rear upper corner of thestandard. A dished steel washer, c, interposed between the blade and thehead of the screw, keeps the cutting-edge of the former in close contactwith the side of the standard. The upper end of the blade is providedwith a con` vex handle, D, a smart blow upon which depresses the bladeand severs the cigar, the

cutting-edge of the blade being tangent to the periphery of the cigar.While the movement of the former is radial, the cutting-edge of theblade is drawn diagonally across the bunch, and severs it cleanly with adrawing cut.

The blade is elevated by one end of the helical spring E, whose otherend is inserted in a socket at the back edge of the standard. Thelifting-arm ofthe spring, to engage with the blade, is carried acrossthe front edge of the standard, which is castwith a stop, d, whicharrests the spring at the completion of the downward stroke of' theblade, whose upward stroke is arrested, at the proper point, by a stud,c, on the front side ofthe standard.

F is a rod, fastened at each end to the bed- 'plate back of and parallelto the groove, on which rod slides the gage G, having two downturuedears, f, through which the rod passes, and a semicircular flange, g, atthe front end, projectinginto the groove for the point of the cigar toabut against.

The gage being of elastic sheet metal, the rear end is bent downward, soas to press upon the bed-plate with suficient force to keep it in place,unless considerable power is used to push it either way upon the rod.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The plate B of a cigar trimmer having stop d, and a recess ribbed forthe cigar, combined with the laterally-bent lever-knife U having astraight shear-cutting edge, and held closely to the rib and plate, allas herein described.

2. The guide-rod F and spring-gage G, constructed as described, incombination with lthe bed-plate A of a cigar-trimmer, as shown and setforth.

ANTHONY GRAMER.

Witnesses H. S. SPRAGUE, H. F. EERTs.

